Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-31
wYrHE.COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
A Ceuvention-Nominations Amid
Difficulties.

Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
WYTHEv1ILE, VA, March 30.-The
County Convention of the Republican
party met to-day for the purpose of Sc
lecting nominees for the spring cleo
tions, to be held the fourth Thursday
in May next. Before the Convention
met It was currently reported that
James A. Etter, the present Republican
sheriff of the county, would break it up
If another nominee than himself was
selected for that position. Hence con-
siderable more interest was taken in the
result than would otherwise be the case !;
but the Convention was fully organized
without trouble, and w. z. Cooper was
elected permanent chairman.
After the usual preliminaries the
Chair announced that nominations were
in order for the respective offices,
when the following resolution was pro-
posed and passed: That committee
of three be appointed to wait on the
candidates and see If they agreed to
abide by the decision of the Convention
and support the nominee. These after
a time returned and reported that Mr..
Etter refused to allow his name to go
before the Convention, and that his
principal opponent, Mr.. Kegley, with
drew his claims from before that body.
Mr.. earns then moved that the Con
vention adjourn, but the Chair ruled
that as long as there was any business
before the Convention that motion was
out of order.
The Convention then proceeded to
nominate Repass for treasurer, w. 6.
Repass for clerk, and were proceeding
TO nominate the sheriff, when Mr..
earns again insisted on his motion.
The Chair then decided, by leave OF the
house, to put the vote, when the mo-
ton was lost. j. II. Harkrader was
then CHOSEN for sheriff, and j. r. Hud-
son and J. r. Hilton were selected for
commissioners, when a portion of the
Convention from Zion precinct got mad
and left.
The announcement that the nomina-
ton of Commonwealth attorney was
then in order created considerable stir,
since there was no attorney at the bar
who was an aspirant for the office who
was Republican. II was with pro-
found sstonishment to many, then,
when IL was announced that Mr.. j. l..
Gleayes had consented to espouse the
cause of the party and offered his name
before the Convention
as G..esayes was sent for and made
his statement from the stand, and was
about 10 retire TO allow the vote to be
taken, when he was recalled to state
whether he intended TO stand by the
Republican party In answer to which
he said that he had expressed his views
fully that be believed that they were
In accord with the leading principles oil
that PARTY; that parties, however,
we're shifting, and that SO long as thu
party's views and his own were in sc
cord he would support them heart an(
foul. He was again recalled and askeC
il be would pledge himself TO supper
TIE nominees of the Convention
Pc said that he had not been informed
whom the nominees were, and, while
tley were asking 80 many pledges
they ought TO give some in return.
Ii was then resolved that the party
heartily endorsed Mr. Gleaves's prinei
PIES so far a. they went, but since b,
did not agree to support the party, tn
party could not nominate him. Tn
cl osen nominees were then sent for
bs It the meeting broke up before thei
arrival.